Appearing before the Hampden Community Council, Marty Taylor, a member of the Respect Life Committee at St. Thomas Aquinas, read a letter arguing that the group had had a pro-life booth at Hampdenfest for several years and that "we had pictures and models of normal baby development before birth."But an unnamed vendor who had a booth next to them last year complained to the organizers and that was all it took. Planned Parenthood had a booth as well but since no one complained about them they were allowed to participate. The organizers got around this by banning all faith based booths at the festival.
The booth also had information about local pregnancy centers and about post-abortion counseling, Taylor said. She told the Messenger the pro-life group is supported by the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.
"Our experience at the booth over the years has been that many people are interested in our models and literature, and many people express approval of our point of view and the services we provide for women and their families," Taylor's letter states. "We also experience a few people who express disapproval of our point of view."
Well if this isn't discrimination against religion I don't know what is. What are the citizens of hampden going to do about this?
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